Arthur William ALESHIRE

(1900-1940)

ALESHIRE, Arthur William,
a Representative from Ohio; born near Luray, Page County, Va.,
February 15, 1900; attended the rural schools; moved to Clark
County, Ohio, in 1912 with his parents, who settled on a farm near
Springfield; employed by a railway express company in 1921 and
1922; engaged in dairy farming near Springfield, Ohio, in 1922 and
1923; due to an accident in 1923 lost the use of his legs and in a
wheelchair operated a filling station and grocery store until
elected to Congress; elected as a Democrat to the Seventy-fifth
Congress (January 3, 1937-January 3, 1939); unsuccessful candidate
for reelection in 1938 to the Seventy-sixth Congress; resumed his
former business pursuits near Springfield, Ohio; died in
Springfield, Ohio, March 11, 1940; interment in Ferncliff
Cemetery.

Source: Biographical Directory of the United States Congress, 1771-Present